Chinese Language Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for students, teachers, and linguists wanting to discuss the finer points of the Chinese language. It's 100% free, no registration required.

Instead of 看, you should write 看见 or 见到 (or 遇见 if you two also encountered each other), because 看 alone could mean "visit" or "go see". E.g.: 我上星期在日本 看 前度男友 = I was visiting my ex boy friend last week in Japan, but 我上星期在日本 看见 前度男友 = I saw my ex boy friend last week in Japan.
–
user4086Mar 3 '14 at 0:55

As for the verb 看, in Chinese past tenses, a 到 or 了 (past tense indicator) is needed after the verb 看 to indicate that the verb (action) is completed already in in past.
–
ChineseHulu.comMay 12 '14 at 15:36

7 Answers
7

First, because there is no conjugation in Chinese verbs, so the time adverb is important in Chinese language to indicate the time tenses. Usually it is better to point out the time asap in a sentence. Also, Chinese sentence structure is very straightforward, which is mostly S + V + O, even in a question sentence. As for the verb 看, in a past tense, a 到 or 了 (past tense indicator) is needed after the verb 看 to indicate that the verb (action) is completed already in in past.

Also, to answer your question, 在(to be at / to be in) is always used right before the location. For example, 在日本，在家，在加州。

"Im Chinese, but not from China". What do you mean? You're of Chinese heritage but grew up in another country? Born in another country? Is Chinese your mother tongue?
–
Niklas BerglundMar 4 '14 at 8:17

Yup. I'm chinese born in other country. Chinese is my mother tongue but not my native language(country official language)
–
Unrenowned HumanMar 4 '14 at 10:07